(浙江省2008学年第二学期温州中学高三三模考试)

Today I am known for my voice. Perhaps the greatest honor came when I was asked to read The  New Testament（《新约全书》）on tape .

       But it  21  a long time to believe such good things could happen to me. When I was a child, I stuttered（结巴）so badly that I was completely   22  to speak in public.

         23   when I was 14, Professor Donald Crouch came to my school. He was a retired college professor. English was his favorite subject and   24  was his deepest love. He held a book of poems as if it were a crystal,    25   pages as if uncovering treasures. When he heard that our school was teaching Shakespeare and other classics, he felt   26  for not being a part of our school sooner.

       When he  27 that I not only loved poetry but was  28  it, we became closer. There was, however, one   29  -- Professor Crouch could not stand the  30  that I refused to read my poems to the class.

       “Jim, poetry is   31  to be read aloud,” he said. “You should be able to speak those beautiful words.” I shook my head and  32  .

       One day he   33  me .

       After handing in a poem, I waited for his  34  . It didn’t come. Instead one day as the students had gathered together, he   35  me , “Jim, I don’t think you wrote this poem.”

       I stared at him in disbelief. “Why,” I started,   36  flooding me. “of course I did !” “Well, then,” he said, “you’ve got to prove it by getting up and reciting it from   37  .”

       By then the other students had settled at their desks. With knees shaking, I walked up to the front. For a moment I stood there,  38  . Then I began, and kept going. I recited my poem all the way   39  !

       Afterwards, Professor Crouch encouraged me to read other writers’ poetry before the public. I discovered I did have a (n)  40  and found my classmates actually looked forward to hearing me recite.

21．A．lasted                  B．took                    C．cost                    D．wasted

22．A．impatient             B．unlikely               C．unable                 D．impossible

23．A．But                     B．Then                   C．Besides               D．However

24．A．archaeology         B．art                      C．architecture         D．poetry

25．A．drawing              B．turning                C．writing                D．finding

26．A．regretful              B．thankful               C．relieved               D．annoyed

27．A．decided               B．recognized           C．learned                D．proved

28．A．reading                B．reciting                C．publishing            D．writing

29．A．difficulty             B．promise               C．agreement           D．difference

30．A．matter                 B．fact                     C．idea                    D．belief

31．A．said                    B．found                  C．prepared              D．meant

32．A．turned away        B．sat down             C．talked back          D．gave in

33．A．greeted                B．scolded               C．tricked                D．comforted

34．A．help                    B．idea                     C．reward               D．comment

35．A．challenged           B．attacked              C．noticed                D．told

36．A．pride                   B．anger                  C．excitement           D．joy

37．A．heart                   B．beginning             C．mind                   D．memory

38．A．terrified               B．disappointed         C．breathless            D．aimless

39．A．down                  B．up                       C．around                D．through

40．A．voice                  B．sound                  C．appearance          D．interest

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I have two friends who are eager to go hiking. There is a High Peaks region 1 46 mountains in New York. A mountain club gives special recognition（奖赏） to 2 who climbs all the 46 mountains. My two friends decided to go for this 3. The mountains were really 4 to climb. It  5  them several years to achieve it. My friends had climbed 45 of the mountains, and the 6 one was the most distant and the highest.

Early one morning they left their campsite hiking path to the 7 of a chain of mountains. When they reached the base, they found that they had left their 8 and map in the camp. 9 returning to the camp, they decided to navigate(导航，定位) without them. 10, they reached the top of a mountain. They were worn-out 11 extremely happy.

However, the 12 lasted only for a short time. When they 13 , they saw another higher mountain. They had climbed the 14 mountain! 15 the time problem, they had to wait for another four months to climb the right mountain.

I think this story tells an important 16：often in life we put great 17 into some of our goals, but without the right map and compass, it is easy to get 18. Knowing your 49 in life gives you a powerful personal map and compass, 20 that you are always climbing the right mountain.

1.                A．consisting of     B．consisted of     C．making of D．made of

 

2.                A．everyone       B．anyone         C．no one   D．someone

 

3.                A．relax           B．award          C．admission D．result

 

4.                A．easy           B．visual          C．hard     D．fragile

 

5.                A．cost           B．wasted         C．spent D．took

 

6.                A．first            B．second         C．third D．last

 

7.                A．top            B．side            C．edge     D．base

 

8.                A．map           B．guide          C．water    D．compass

 

9.                A．Rather than      B．Other than      C．Or rather D．Except for

 

10.               A．Consequently    B．Eventually       C．Endlessly  D．Mentally

 

11.               A．and            B．but            C．or    D．so

 

12.               A．delight         B．sorrow         C．stress D．preference

 

13.               A．looked up       B．looked forward   C．looked back    D．looked around

 

14.               A．right           B．left            C．wrong D．highest

 

15.               A．In spite of       B．Due to         C．Thanks to  D．Instead of

 

16.               A．class           B．lesson          C．aim   D．ban

 

17.               A．strength        B．load           C．effort D．faith

 

18.               A．abused         B．addicted        C．accustomed    D．lost

 

19.               A．purpose        B．dream         C．quality    D．pleasure

 

20.               A．making sure     B．making out      C．making up D．making from